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Intelligence Squared
Intelligence Squared is the home of lively debate and deep-dive discussion. Follow Intelligence Squared wherever you get your podcasts and enjoy four regular episodes per week taking you to the heart of the issues that matter in the company of the world’s great minds. We’d love to hear your feedback...
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Can the West Hold Together? Lessons from WWII with Tim Bouverie and Michael Gove (Part Two)
‘There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.’ – Winston Churchill
In a world where geopol...
Can the West Hold Together? Lessons from WWII with Tim Bouverie and Michael Gove (Part One)
‘There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.’ – Winston Churchill
In a world where geopol...
How Will the US Fight China? With Franz-Stefan Gady
The threat of war between the US and China seems to be a constant background hum in the news cycle. Commentators often tackle when and why this confli...
The Specialist | The Most Valuable Car in the World, with Gord Duff And Marcus Breitschwerdt
This is an episode of The Specialist, your weekly dose of wonder. In The Specialist, explore the significance and journey of an extraordinary work thr...
What Can Criminal Psychology Teach Us About Climate Change? With Julia Shaw
Can criminal psychology offer us a new way to think about and combat climate change?
In this episode, criminal psychologist Julia Shaw si...
Anthony Scaramucci on Trump and the Threat to American Democracy (Part Two)
Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director turned outspoken Trump critic, comes to Intelligence Squared in September for a straigh...
Anthony Scaramucci on Trump and the Threat to American Democracy (Part One)
Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director turned outspoken Trump critic, comes to Intelligence Squared in September for a straigh...
The Thick of It: 20 Years On, with Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison and Rebecca Front (Part Two)
Malcolm Tucker. Pet ASBOs. A law requiring everyone in Britain to carry around a plastic bag.
It’s been twenty years since...
The Thick of It: 20 Years On, with Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison and Rebecca Front (Part One)
Malcolm Tucker. Pet ASBOs. A law requiring everyone in Britain to carry around a plastic bag.
It’s been twenty years since...
Is AI About to Automate War? With Anthony King
Are supercomputers and killer robots going to take over?
In this episode, Adam McCauley speaks to professor and author Anthony King in or...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the Internet, AI and the Future of Humanity (Part Two)
Watch the full video of this event for free here: https://mailchi.mp/intelligencesquared/lw6gixq1t9
The transcript of this...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the Internet, AI and the Future of Humanity (Part One)
Watch the full video of this event for free here: https://mailchi.mp/intelligencesquared/lw6gixq1t9
The transcript of this...
Hotels with History | Raffles Hotel, Singapore, with Richard E. Grant and Jules Perowne
This is an episode of Hotels with History, produced by Intelligence Squared on behalf of Perowne International.
On today...
What Did Twenty Years of Western Intervention in Afghanistan Achieve? With Jon Lee Anderson
For more than 40 years, world-renowned foreign correspondent Jon Lee Anderson has been reporting on wars, crises and revolutions, from Latin America t...
Who are the Trailblazing Women Hidden From Our History? With Women's Prize Founder Kate Mosse
Did you know that Mary Shelley was a teenager when she started writing Frankenstein in 1814? Or that England’s most prolific goal scorer - man or woma...
Is the Data on Climate Change More Optimistic than We Thought? With Hannah Ritchie
What if the real story of climate change is far more hopeful than we’ve been led to believe?
With so much doomsday reporting and general...
Ian McEwan on Speculative Fiction, Lost Poems and 'What We Can Know
Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections.
His novels include Atonement, Enduring...
Sotheby’s Talks | Custodians of Taste: Pauline Karpidas and the Women who Shape the Art World
On today’s episode, an episode from our friends at Sotheby's exploring the remarkable collecting journey of Pauline Karpidas, one of the most influent...
An Evening with Arundhati Roy (Part Two)
‘It is vanishingly rare for a writer to both confront the ugliness of humanity and still search for its beauty. Roy is that rare writer.’ – Naomi Klei...
An Evening with Arundhati Roy (Part One)
‘It is vanishingly rare for a writer to both confront the ugliness of humanity and still search for its beauty. Roy is that rare writer.’ – Naomi Klei...
Nick Clegg on Meta, AI and the Battle for Big Tech (Part Two)
Nick Clegg has had a seat at the heart of power for nearly two decades. As leader of the Liberal Democrats he served as deputy Prime Minister from 201...
Nick Clegg on Meta, AI and the Battle for Big Tech (Part One)
Nick Clegg has had a seat at the heart of power for nearly two decades. As leader of the Liberal Democrats he served as deputy Prime Minister from 201...
The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Netanyahu, with Anshel Pfeffer (Part Two)
In November 2022, Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in Israel after winning his sixth election. Propped up by a bloc of far-right and ultra-religio...
The Age of the Strongman: Understanding Netanyahu, with Anshel Pfeffer (Part One)
In November 2022, Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in Israel after winning his sixth election. Propped up by a bloc of far-right and ultra-religio...
The Specialist | The Multi-Million Dollar Banana, with David Galperin
This is an episode of The Specialist, produced by Intelligence Squared in partnership with Sotheby's. In The Specialist, explore the significance and...
Could AI Help Save Lives? With Dr Charlotte Blease
How can AI improve our healthcare industry?
In this episode, Dr Emma Yhnell speaks to health informaticist and author Dr Charlotte Blease...
Hotels with History | Claridge's, London
This is an episode of Hotels with History, produced by Intelligence Squared on behalf of Perowne International.
In today’s...
The science of dreams: why do we dream, and can we learn to control them? With Dr Michelle Carr
Why do we dream? Why do dreams go bad? And can we harness the science of dreams and nightmares to improve our health?
Dr Michelle Carr is...
What will become of the CIA under President Trump? With Tim Wiener
Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Tim Weiner has been chronicling the history of the CIA for more than two decades. His new book, The Mission charts t...
Can Trump Deliver Peace in Ukraine? With Catherine Belton
In today's episode we’re joined today by journalist and author Catherine Belton to continue our discussion on whether President Trump can deliver a pe...
Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins on how antiquity shapes the modern world (Part Two)
How does the classical world shape our politics, culture, language and lives today?
On today’s episode, we’re joined by two of the greate...
The Specialist | Fabergé’s Rediscovered Imperial Flower, with Helen Culver-Smith
This is an episode of The Specialist, produced by Intelligence Squared in partnership with Sotheby's. In The Specialist, explore the significance and...
Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins on how antiquity shapes the modern world (Part One)
How does the classical world shape our politics, culture, language and lives today?
On today’s episode, we’re joined by two of the greate...
Can Trump Deliver Peace in Ukraine? With Mark Galeotti
On today's episode we're joined by Mark Galeotti, security expert and author, to discuss Trump's recent efforts to reach a peace deal between Russia a...
Who are the Hidden Women who Shaped our Economic History? With Victoria Bateman
How many female entrepreneurs, merchants and industrialists can you name?
We all know the names Rockefeller, Medici and Ford, but what ab...
What Does China's Seismic Economic Progress Mean for the USA? With Dan Wang
America used to pride itself on ambition. Today, it looks stuck. Meanwhile, China has been busy building the future. In a new book, Breakneck, technol...
How can we win the battle against antibiotic resistance? With Liam Shaw
One of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the twentieth century is set to become one of the biggest threats of the twenty-first - but what can be d...
Classic Debate: The Allied bombing of German cities in World War II was unjustifiable
No one doubts the bravery of the thousands of men who flew and died in Bomber Command. The death rate was an appalling 44%. And yet until the opening...
How have rivers shaped human existence? With Vanessa Taylor
From ancient empires to modern metropolises, what do rivers tell us about the way humans build, worship, and fight for their worlds?
In t...
How Well do we Understand the Female Body? With Polly Vernon
Did you know that women’s brains change during puberty, pregnancy and the menopause? That women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s?...